Tamsin Howse

A recent article on the BBC website caught my eye - Why Finnish Babies Sleep in Cardboard Boxes - and upon reading it I was surprised to discover in Finland every expectant mother is given the option of a Baby Box

I often hear people talk of the unrealistic expectations they had before they had kids. How they thought it would be a breeze, they'd pop back to their before-baby-body as soon as the kid escaped them.

Writing this has been hard for me, putting down in words the way I feel about being a stepmother. I have never spoken to a stepmother who has been in a similar position to me who hasn’t felt the same way I do, which is why I have chosen to…